Shooting Victim, 39, Found Lying Face Down At Paterson Intersection: Police Shooting Victim, 39, Found Lying Face Down At Paterson Intersection: Police
Shooting Victim, 39, Found Lying Face Down At Paterson Intersection: Police A 39-year-old man was shot and killed overnight in Paterson, police said. Officers responding to a ShotSpotter activation around 1:35 a.m. found the man with a gunshot wound lying face down at  Madison Avenue and 14th Avenue, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In-Charge Isa Abbassi said. Officers attempted to render aid to the victim, but he was pronounced dead on scene. His identity was not released. The investigation is active and ongoing. More information will be released when it becomes available. The Passaic County Prosecutor’…
Newark Officer Injured In Pursuit-Crash Of Car Wanted In Paterson Shooting Newark Officer Injured In Pursuit-Crash Of Car Wanted In Paterson Shooting
Newark Officer Injured In Pursuit-Crash Of Car Wanted In Paterson Shooting Three people were apprehended and one officer was injured after a pursuit that began in Newark ended in a crash in Clifton on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 20, authorities said. At 5:31 a.m., police patrolling McCarter Highway and 3rd Avenue attempted to stop a silver 2023 Acura, but the driver refused and a pursuit ensued, Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said.  The vehicle was reported stolen from Belleville on Sunday, Aug, 18 and was sought in connection with a shooting in Paterson on Monday, Aug. 19. Police pursued the suspects into Belleville and then ended at the Cl…
Two Dead, Two Injured In Route 20 Crash In Paterson, Police Say Two Dead, Two Injured In Route 20 Crash In Paterson, Police Say
Two Dead, Two Injured In Route 20 Crash In Paterson, Police Say Two people died and two others were injured in a crash early Sunday morning, Aug. 18 in Paterson, authorities said. A motor vehicle carrying four occupants crashed into a pole just after 4 a.m. on Route 20 and 18th Street, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In- Charge Isa Abbassi said. Two passengers were pronounced dead at Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center, while the driver and another passenger remain in critical condition. The cause of the vehicle crash is undetermined. The investigation is active and ongoing. More informa…
Kearny Man, 44, Stabbed Passenger In His Vehicle In Clifton, Police Say Kearny Man, 44, Stabbed Passenger In His Vehicle In Clifton, Police Say
Kearny Man, 44, Stabbed Passenger In His Vehicle In Clifton, Police Say A 44-year-old Kearny man is facing charges for stabbing a 31-year-old Paterson victim in Clifton, police said. Daniel Carbajal-Flores was operating a 2018 Honda when he stabbed the victim, a passenger in the vehicle, at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and Russell Street just after 1 a.m. Monday, Aug. 12, Clifton Police Lt. Robert Anderson said. The victim was assisted to safety away from the vehicle by another passenger in Carbajal-Flores' car, and taken to St. Joseph's hospital in a separate vehicle, Anderson said.  The victim's condition was initially described as cri…
19-Year-Old Shot Dead On Sidewalk In Paterson, Prosecutor Says 19-Year-Old Shot Dead On Sidewalk In Paterson, Prosecutor Says
19-Year-Old Shot Dead On Sidewalk In Paterson, Prosecutor Says A 19-year-old man was killed in a Paterson shooting overnight, police said. Police officers were called to Market Street and Rosa Parks Boulevard around 2 a.m. where they found the victim lying on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officer-In- Charge Isa Abbassi said. The victim was taken to Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. This investigation is active and ongoing.  The Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office asks anyone with additional information about this incident to c…
Wild Garden State Parkway, Route 17 Pursuit Led By Teens In Stolen Car Ends In Crash: Police Wild Garden State Parkway, Route 17 Pursuit Led By Teens In Stolen Car Ends In Crash: Police
Wild Garden State Parkway, Route 17 Pursuit Led By Teens In Stolen Car Ends In Crash: Police Three teenagers were in custody after leading Paramus police on a pursuit that ended in a crash just off the Garden State Parkway on Tuesday, Aug. 13, authorities said. The teen boys, ages 15, 16, and 15 — from Newark, Orange, and Paterson, respectively — were fleeing an Upper Saddle River patrolman in a stolen 2023 Honda Civic southbound on Route 17 around 4:50 a.m., Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. Paramus Officer Don Liu saw the stolen car as it exited onto the Garden State Parkway south. The suspect vehicle lost control and intentionally struck the side of a marked Paramus pat…
Paterson Officer Released Pending Trial On Stalking, Cyber Harassment Charges: Prosecutor Paterson Officer Released Pending Trial On Stalking, Cyber Harassment Charges: Prosecutor
Paterson Officer Released Pending Trial On Stalking, Cyber Harassment Charges: Prosecutor A 38-year-old Paterson police officer has been indicted by a grand jury on domestic violence charges, authorities said. Alberto Sanabria was indicted on on one count of third-degree terroristic threats, one count of fourth-degree cyber harassment, and one count of fourth degree stalking, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said. Police did not release details in Sanabria's arrest. Sanabria was released on a summons and is expected to appear before Superior Court Judge Barbara Buono Stanton on Aug. 19.
9 NY, NJ Spas Selling Sex For Cash Exposed In Federal Investigation, US Attorney Says 9 NY, NJ Spas Selling Sex For Cash Exposed In Federal Investigation, US Attorney Says
9 NY, NJ Spas Selling Sex For Cash Exposed In Federal Investigation, US Attorney Says Four people have been charged with offering sexual favors at nine different massage parlors and spas across North Jersey and New York, federal officials said. Zhejun Piao, 37, a Chinese national, Miyeon Choi, 37, a South Korean national, Shangxian Cui, 36, Chinese national, and Meixiang Jin, 34, of Palisades Park, New Jersey, are charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to commit interstate travel or transportation in aid of a racketeering enterprise., U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Friday, Aug. 9. The following nine spas and massage parlors owned and operated by …
Gerald 'Jerry' McMinn, Owner Of NJ Ice Cream Institution, Longtime EMT Dies At 93 Gerald 'Jerry' McMinn, Owner Of NJ Ice Cream Institution, Longtime EMT Dies At 93
Gerald 'Jerry' McMinn, Owner Of NJ Ice Cream Institution, Longtime EMT Dies At 93 Gerald "Jerry" McMinn, a man credited for saving countless lives over more than 65 years volunteering as an EMT, and bringing joy to thousands of North Jersey residents through his iconic Milk Barn, has died at 93 years old. An Army Veteran widely known across North Jersey as the owner of the Old Barn Milk Bar in Wayne, died on Wednesday, Aug. 7, according to his obituary on the Scanlan Funeral Home website.  Jerry graduated from Butler High School and later served in the U.S. Army. While volunteering at the St. Joseph's Hospital emergency room in Paterson, he met his wife, "the l…
Inmate Charged With Selling Former Star HS Wrestler Fentanyl That Killed Him: Prosecutor Inmate Charged With Selling Former Star HS Wrestler Fentanyl That Killed Him: Prosecutor
Inmate Charged With Selling Former Star HS Wrestler Fentanyl That Killed Him: Prosecutor A 28-year-old Paterson man who had been jailed on weapons offenses has been charged in the overdose death of a 26-year-old Bergen County man in 2023, authorities said. Vashawn A. Davis sold Tyler Kallensee, of Oradell, the fentanyl that killed him on Sunday, July 23, 2023, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Kallensee was found by officers responding to a 9-1-1 call reporting an unresponsive man in a private home. Kallensee was pronounced dead at the scene, and indicators of a possible drug overdose were noted, Musella said. Thus began a year-long investiga…
New Details Emerge In NJ Crash Caused By Suicidal Driver Facing Attempted Murder, Police Say New Details Emerge In NJ Crash Caused By Suicidal Driver Facing Attempted Murder, Police Say
New Details Emerge In NJ Crash Caused By Suicidal Driver Facing Attempted Murder, Police Say New details have emerged in a serious wreck last June in Passaic County. According to police papers obtained by Daily Voice, the 31-year-old Paterson man who caused the crash on Hamburg Turnpike in Wayne had been trying to end his own life, but ended up injuring a 44-year-old motorist instead. Police called to Hamburg Turnpike and Black Oak Ridge Road just before 2 a.m. on June 14 where they found D’Airon J. James sitting on the ground "saying he wished for this happen," according to the criminal complaint in the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office. James said that he purposely dr…
World Champion Judo Master, Retired Paterson Fire Captain Anthony 'Tony' Camal Dies, 63 World Champion Judo Master, Retired Paterson Fire Captain Anthony 'Tony' Camal Dies, 63
World Champion Judo Master, Retired Paterson Fire Captain Anthony 'Tony' Camal Dies, 63 Anthony "Tony" Camal, a world-renowned Judo master and Paterson firefighter, died on Monday, July 29, according to his obituary on the Festa Memorial website. He was 63 years old. Raised in Inwood, NY, Camal later moved to Totowa and Paterson, where he served for 15 years on the fire department before retiring as captain in 2013. He later settled in Woodland Park. Camal was the head sensei of Camal & Cruz Judo and Jiu Jitsu Academy since 1995, having been a sixth-degree black belt and world champion, according to his obituary. Training since the age of 6, Camal was remembered as a "pill…